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 Demigraine. as Migraine The Megrum.

Demi-lict: m. The halfe-bed; brotherhood, or sisterhood, on th' one side onely.

Demi-membraneux: m. euse: f. Halfe-skinnie.

Demincé: m. ée: f. Minced; cut small; shred.

Demi-nerveux: m. euse: f. Halfe-sinewie, halfe a sinew.  Muscle demi-nerveux. One of the foure muscles which bow the thigh.

Demi-quart. as Demy-quart. Demi quarteron. The halfe of a Quarteron; See Quarteron. Demiqueuë: f. The name of a wine vessell much vsed in Orleans, Anjou, and Maine; it containes twentie seuen Septiers, and euerie Septier eight of their pintes.

Demisaut: m. A halfe-leape; also, the roape-leape, or some mens last-leape; whence; Faire le demisaut. To leape short; stretch a rope; be hanged.

Demi-seur: f. A halfe-sister; a sister onely by father, or mother.

Demi-sextier. The quarter of a French pinte, & much about our halfe pinte; (a measure.)

Demission: f. An humbling, casting, or letting downe; also, a demise, letting, or demising; and hence;  Demission de foy. A reseruation of fealtie made by a vassall, in th' alienation, or letting out of his estate (in part, or in whole) vnto another.

Demisphere: f. An Hemisphere; or, halfe the compasse of the visible heauen.

Demi-taille: f. as Demi Relief: figure de demi-taille. A representation thats halfe carued, halfe imbossed.

Demi-vent. vn d. A side-wind, or halfe-wind.

Democratie: f. A Democratie; popular gouernment, rule, or authoritie.

Democratique: com. Mocking, geering, laughing (as old Democrates) at euerie thing; also, popular.

Democratiquement. Vulgarly, popularly, commonly; also, scoffingly.

Demoli: m. ie: f. Demolished; rased, ruined, subuerted, throwne, or pulled downe.

Demolir. To demolish, rase, ruine, subuert, ouerthrow, pull downe, a building.

Demolition: f. A demolishment; the ruine, subuersion, ouerthrow; rasing, ruining, beating, or pulling down, of buildings, &c.

Demon: m. A diuell, spirit, hobgoblin.

Demonachation. An abandoning, or depriuing, of Monkish profession.

Demoniaque: com. Possest with a spirit, or diuell.

Demonique: com. Diuellish, hellish.

Demonstrance: f. A demonstrance, or demonstration; a plaine declaration, euident shewing, apparant signification.

Demonstrateur: m. A demonstrator; one that euidently shewes, plainely declares, perspicuously deliuers things.

Demonstratif: m. iue: f. Demonstratiue; plainely shewing, euidently signifying.

Demonstré: m. ée: f. Demonstrated, shewed plainely, declared euidently, signified manifestly.

Demonstrer. To demonstrate, shew plainely, declare manifestly, deliuer perspicuously, point to (as it were) with the finger.

Demordre. as Desmordre; To forgoe, or giue ouer. Demoulé: m. ée: f. Vnmoulded; whose mould is broken, forme spoiled, frame defaced.

Demouler. To vnmould; breake the mould, marre the forme, spoyle the frame, of.

Demourance. as Demeurance. Demoure. as Demeure; An abiding place, &c.

Demourer. To abide, stay, tarrie, &c; as Demeurer. Demourez. Rub (at bowles.)  Ne demourez pas. Bee not short; (a Bowlers tearme.)

Demoussé: m. ée: f. Rid, or bared of mosse, from which the mosse hath beene pulled.

Demousser. To rid, or bare of mosse; to pull mosse from, plucke the mosse off.

Demusser. To vnhide, vnhoodwinke, vncouer the eyes.

Demy. Halfe, demie.

Demy-arpent. A quantitie of, or measure for, land, containing fiftie pearches, and euerie pearch twentie foot in length; Or, the halfe Arpent whatsoeuer.

Demy-ceinct. as Demi-ceinct. Demyon. as Demisextier: ¶Rab. Demy-quart. A kind of measure; See Quart; also, a peece of siluer money, worth the eighth part of a French Crowne, or ix. d. sterl; the halfe of a Teston. Demy-quarteron. The halfe of a Quarteron; See Quarteron. Demy-taille. as Demi-taille. Demy-teste. An yron scull, or steele cap.

Denaire. The number of ten; or, a tenth.

Dendrille: f. The rag, or clout wherewith a leaking tub is stopped; also, a mans priuities; or that which hangs dangling betweene his legs.

Deneanti: m. ie: f. Abased, made worthlesse, vile, most base.

Deneantir. To abase; to make worthlesse, vile, most base.

Deneantise: f. Worthlesnesse, vilenesse, extreame basenesse.

Denegation: f. A denegation, denying, disaduowing, refusall, forsaking.

Deneraux: m. Patternes whereby coyne is to be made, or euerie peece weighed, before it be coyned.

Denerée: f. Ware, marchandise; as Denrée. Denerver. To weaken; See Desnerver. Deni. A Nay, deniall; refusall.

Deniaiser. To make, or become, wise by costlie experiences; to teach one wit by often cousening, or gulling of him.

Denié: m. ée: f. Denied; disaffirmed; inficiated.

Deniement: m. A deniall, denying, inficiation, disaffirming, saying nay vnto.

Denier: m. A pennie, a deneere; a small copper coyne valued at the tenth part of an English pennie; also, a pennie-weight; or 24 graines, in weight; also, the price of a thing. Deniers: (plural.) Money, coyne, treasure; a summe, or stocke, of money. Deniers communs. as Deniers patrimoniaux; & Deniers d'octroy. Denier à dieu. An earnest pennie, or peece of siluer. Deniers d'Estat. Looke Estat. Denier de Marc. A pennie-weight; or, twentie foure graines. Deniers d'octroy. The tolls, &c, which vpon speciall suit made by citizens, the Prince allowes them to leuie within their liberties; towards the repairing, and and vpholding of their walls, rampiers, gates, cau-*